Music

Round 1 of Sacramento’s first-ever Fantasy Food Truck Showdown may already be in the books, but lucky for you this bracket points competition between six of the region’s best gourmet food trucks—including Cecil’s Taste, California Love, Brunch Boys, GyroStop Kebab G, The Culinerdy Cruzer and Mama Kim Eats—still has three…

A native of the Sacramento area but now based in New York, experimental producer Lee Bannon is a bit of a shapeshifter, finding his place in a number of scenes not normally connected. He first came up in the world of hip-hop, independently releasing beat tapes and collaborating with some…

The last time Chicago hip-hop phenom Chance the Rapper played Sacramento in 2013, the show was super sold out. That was at the now defunct Assembly, a medium sized club with approximately a 500-600 person capacity. Come this September, he’ll get a much bigger stage: one at TBD Fest. That’s…

On Thursday, May 14, 2015, organizers of the super popular TBD Fest held a “lineup release party” at their bar, LowBrau. DJ Greg J spun tunes from artists performing at this year’s event (happening Sept. 18 to 20) while an animated screen behind him announced the names. It was really…

The fifth annual Davis Music Festival is back for three full days of amazing live music from June 19 to 21, 2015. This SXSW-esque event has been gaining steam every year and sees many diverse bands playing a number of venues around the Davis area throughout the three days. More…

After a closed-captioning TV error hilariously dubbed Sacramento Kings rookie Nik Stauskas as “Sauce Castillo” during a home game against the Philadelphia 76ers back in March, the nickname naturally stuck. “After the game I go on Twitter and everyone was like, ‘Good game Sauce!’” Stauskas told the hosts of ESPN’s…

Fancy yourself an expert at bar games? Are you the type that’s always challenging and/or betting your friends when you’re out and about? Well then, champ, the Tournament of Bar Games at Republic Bar and Grill on Saturday, May 30 is the perfect chance to put your money where your…

The Soul Survives It’s been almost 30 years since Timothy Parker (aka Gift of Gab) and Xavier Mosley (aka Chief Xcel) started discussing the points of NorCal versus SoCal hip-hop at Sacramento’s John F. Kennedy High; it’s been more than 20 years since the then-freshly minted duo, Blackalicious, put out…

Prepared for Take Off When your lead singer’s vocal prowess has been compared to the soulful coos that poured forth from the lips of Janis Joplin, images of drunken antics on stage and boozy tantrums typically follow. Sure, Drop Dead Red’s vocalist, Carly DuHain, has been known to hold her…

The inaugural First Festival kicks off Sacramento’s summer festival season on Saturday, May 23, 2015, at River Walk Park in West Sacramento. This all-day party runs from noon to 10 p.m. and celebrates all things local. It will feature 18 bands from the area performing on three stages. Ten local…